sehen
to see
The 82nd most frequent word in German, appearing about 1,092 times per million words.
- Type
- verb
- Frequency rank
- #82
- Per million words
- 1,092
In a sentence
Ich sehe dich.I see you.
Conjugation
Present tense of sehen, plus the forms you need to talk about the past.
| ich — I | sehe |
|---|---|
| du — you | siehst |
| er/sie/es — he / she / it | sieht |
| wir — we | sehen |
| ihr — you (plural) | seht |
| sie — they | sehen |
| Perfect | hat gesehen |
| Simple past | sah |
Forms its perfect tense with haben.
sehen is a stem-changing verb: the vowel shifts in the du and er/sie/es forms. Those two are worth memorising separately.
Related words
Other words of the same kind, at nearby frequency:
- bleiben to stay
- liegen to lie, to be situated
- finden to find
- sagen to say
- zeigen to show
- stellen to put, to place
Practise this word
sehen is in the free trainer along with the rest of the list — flashcards, multiple choice, listening practice and spaced review. No account needed.